An endoscope in accordance with the present invention provides an endoscope 1 having an image pickup apparatus 5 and including a first connection portion provided on one side surface of a first solid-state image pickup device 24a to connect the first solid-state image pickup device 24a to a first circuit board 27a, and a second connection portion provided on one side surface of a second solid-state image pickup device 24b to connect the second solid-state image pickup device 24b to a second circuit board 27b, the first solid-state image pickup device 24a and the second solid-state image pickup device 24b being arranged in proximity to each other so that a side surface of the first solid-state image pickup device which does not have the first connection portion lies opposite to a side surface of the second solid-state image pickup device which does not have the second connection portion.
